Top Apple-related stories this week December 22-27
Here are the top Apple-related articles at Apple World Today for the week of December 22-27.
° Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says Apple is working to make its AirPods more of a health device.
° Apple should definitely reconsider plans to revive its AirPort line-up.
° Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says Apple is working on an in-home security camera and smart doorbell.
° A new report from the Heat Initiative and ParentsTogether Action claims the Apple App Store has hundreds of “risky” apps rated as appropriate for kids.
° (RED) says that Apple donated US$5 for every Apple Pay purchase made at Apple from Nov 29 – Dec 8, raising a total of $3 million for the The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
° The United Kingdom’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) says Nikki Stopford’s class action claim of over £7 billion against Google for alleged breaches of competition law in respect of its search services in the UK may proceed to a full trial.
° Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says new entry level iPads are coming in the spring. He adds that a next generation iPhone SE and new iPad Air are on the same general timeline. The M4 MacBook Air will be earlier, he adds.
° Apple claims that it’s not developing its own search engine, but I’m skeptical.
° One of the complaints about the Apple Vision Pro is that it only provides a solo (one-user) experience. Apple seems to be working to overcome this limitation.
° Only about one-third of Apple customers use the Apple TV set-top box, according to CIRP.
° Apple has filed for a patent that involves “Apple Glasses” that work wirelessly with an iPhone.
° Apple is teasing some kind of upcoming Apple TV+ surprise that’s set to happen on January 4 and January 5.
° A foldable iPhone will purportedly arrive to users by September 2026.
° Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup could sport a redesigned camera bar running along the width of the devices instead of the smaller bump on this year’s iPhone 16 series.
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